What I want to know is this: What's been the hardest thing about getting older? The most surprising? Has it been scary? topsy-turvy? a breeze? What have you learned about yourself, and what did you not want to know? And did you accept it all regally, or did you act a fool?

You can tell me a story. You can write me an essay. You can drop me one single line, and I will marvel at your minimalism. You can even call me on my very elite Google Voice number ((929) 399-8438) and leave me a message. You don't have to be a writer, you just have to have something to say--funny, sad, really sad, weird, whatever.